Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Dec. 20, 1918 [December 20, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Christmas Carols by Miss T's [Miss Thompson's] children. Fine
  Clear & cool yet mild-seeming
because of entire absence of wind.
  Garden birds. Several Chickadees,
a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] & two or three Crows, all
heard, only.
  Dr. Stevens came to see me at noon.
I had there been asleep in my arm chair
most of the time since breakfast.
He says these conditions are perfectly
natural outcomes of my general illness
& should not either disturb & 
mortify me. He thought a short
walk might do no good, so I took
one just after lunch, going up
Brattle St. [Brattle Street] to the old Nichols housse.
& back by Brewster & Sparks St.
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored to Concord in
forenoon, bringing back 15 Plymouth
Rock pullets for Percy to keep here
through winter.
  Miss Thompson & her school children
came about 8 P.M. to sing Christmas
carols in our driveway, after their usual
custom. Lizzy had gone to her Bee so I
alone was here to receive them with
lighted candles & a few words of thanks.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Dec. 21, 1918 [December 21, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
To day has been very like yesterday
but even warmer & more suggestive
of Indian summer. These conditions
make life out of doors very pleasant
but within our furnace pours out
much more heat than is desired
and open fires no longer brighten
any of the rooms.
  Garden birds. Chickadee, Crows &
Blue Jays heard.
  Diurnal drowsiness continues to
be the bane of my existence. Although
struggling against it all day long
I kept falling asleep & simply
could not accomplish anything
in the way of work. Even
a walk of a mile or more, taken
just before our noon dinner,
failed to dispel the lethargy
that so overpowers me.
  E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] went to Ware Hall to read to
C. [Caroline Brewster] this afternoon. She read to
me as usual after supper.